Gospel: Luke 5:1-11
While the
crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was
standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the
fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the
boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance
from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he
had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower
your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all
night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When
they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were
tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help
them. They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of
sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart
from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” For astonishment at the catch of fish
they had made seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John,
the sons of Zebedee, who were
partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will
be catching men.” When they brought their boats to the shore, they left
everything and followed him.
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Reflection:
A married
couple was being convinced by their neighbor to join them in their weekly bible
sharing. The couple said that they are not worthy to be with them because they
are sinners. However, the persistent neighbor told them that, nobody is
perfect. He further said that all of us are sinners. For we have offended God
for so many times yet God in His infinite love and mercy is persistently
calling us to follow Him and eventually serve Him.
In our
gospel Simon was told by Jesus to go into deep water and lower their nets. Then
Simon said, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but
at your command I will lower the nets.”
Soon
after they’ve caught hundreds of fish that their nets were breaking already,
Simon felt that he was unworthy of the Lord and the bountiful fish that they’ve
caught. So he said to Jesus: “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
Who is
worthy before the Lord? Who is qualified to follow Jesus? None of us are
worthy; none of us are qualified for we are all sinners. But our sinfulness
should never be an excuse for us not to follow the Lord and leave behind our
life of sin.
Jesus
always qualifies the unworthy, He always purify the unworthy to become worthy
before His eyes. The infinite love and mercy of Jesus is always there for us
ever ready to purify us no matter who we are, no matter how sinful we are. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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